I am hoping that some of you can give me your opinions on these two autos I recently acquired. Here is what has me concerned. As you can clearly see there are two distinct autos here. One is signed "Ashly" the other "Ashley". Each card spells her name with the "E". If you look on the Bay most (I would say 90%) of the other autos there also have her signing "Ashly". There are some similarities to the signatures but I have no idea which one is legit or if both are legit. Any ideas?

I don't know anyone that misspells their own name beyond kindergarten.

Try working with psychotherapists notes. Happens more than you think.

That being said, it is my understanding that when Inkworks went under, some unsigned autograph cards made it out into the market. Of course, she may have decided to change how she spells her name, also.

Yeah, all of the straight autos I have seen online seem to be misspelled. The auto/mem I see both spellings. Unfortunately there is really no way to verify short of finding her in person and asking her if they are her signature. Too bad Inkworks has been out of business for so long.

I can tell you for sure that the same person did not sign those two autographs. I have the same two variations, and if you look at other signed photos of her available online (ashley scott autograph - Google Search)

You will see that she always signs with no "e" in Ashley. Not to mention, the bottom one looks more forced, as if it is not a natural signature.

The other think I would ask...
If we can verifiably tell one of these is a fake is there anything that can be done to recoup the cost from the Bay? I already sent a message to the seller and they basically said that they don't sell fakes and felt that since the card came from Inkworks they guarantee it is authentic. I am not sure what to do here.

The other think I would ask...
If we can verifiably tell one of these is a fake is there anything that can be done to recoup the cost from the Bay? I already sent a message to the seller and they basically said that they don't sell fakes and felt that since the card came from Inkworks they guarantee it is authentic. I am not sure what to do here.

I remember when the product just came out, one of the first things people noticed was the Ashly/Ashley signatures.
I don't believe the cards are fake as both versions were being pulled right at release, but...

I personally think she may have had an assistant or friend sign some of the cards. I don't know anyone who signs their own name 2 different ways and and the signatures are different enough that it does look like 2 different signers.